November 7, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jordanian aid truck driver killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan on Thursday, officials said. The Israeli military separately announced the deaths of four more soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, the first since it launched a major offensive in Gaza City, in the north.
The Israeli military referred to the incident as a terrorist attack and said that the assailant was driving a truck transporting humanitarian aid intended for the Gaza Strip. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said that two men, around 60 and 20 years old, were killed. The military said the terrorist had been “neutralized," without elaborating.
Three Israelis were killed in a September 2024 attack at the crossing when a retired Jordanian soldier opened fire. The Allenby Bridge Crossing over the Jordan River, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, is mainly used by Palestinians and tourists. It was closed after the attack.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with Gaza and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories for a future state. Violence has surged across the West Bank since the Hamas-led terror attack from Gaza into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which ignited the latest war.
Israel is waging a major ground offensive in Gaza City that has forced nearly 250,000 Palestinians to flee, according to the United Nations. Hundreds of thousands remain in the city, large parts of which have already been destroyed in previous Israeli raids.
The deaths of Israeli soldiers could further erode support for the war among Israelis who fear that the fighting puts soldiers and hostages at risk.
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